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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltMy good friend Dhanawat Suthumpun said it best: “Thailand is changing, and AI is happening fast.” You don’t need to be in tech to see it -- the momentum is real in how teams are experimenting, adapting, and scaling AI across their organizations. I’m excited to keynote the Microsoft AI Tour in Bangkok on June 9 and connect with leaders turning that momentum into real business impact. Join us in Bangkok: https://lnkd.in/dm5rVWSF Rachel Bondi Tolgar Elverici #MicrosoftAITour
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltMy first Forbes Technology Council piece looks at a growing challenge for SMEs: too many AI experiments, not enough measurable impact. The answer isn’t more tools. It’s better prioritization. SMEs that get this right have a real advantage. Speed matters, but focus matters more. I use a simple effort-versus-impact lens to focus on what actually drives value and avoid spreading efforts too thin. How are you deciding where AI delivers real impact? https://lnkd.in/dmfdKG7z
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltDigital sovereignty is becoming a core business priority as organizations look to scale AI on their own terms. At the Microsoft AI Tour in Zurich a few weeks ago, this was a consistent theme: How do we scale AI quickly while retaining control of data, operations, and compliance? How do we build toward innovation without increasing risk? This is where digital sovereignty matters. For SMEs in particular, the ability to operate on secure, local, and trusted infrastructure is what turns ambition into competitiveness. One year on from Microsoft’s European digital commitments, the shift is clear: customers expect both innovation and control — and they are moving faster when they have both. https://lnkd.in/dFjeTWKaOne year on: Progress on our European digital commitmentsOne year on: Progress on our European digital commitments
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltGrateful for the opportunity to join the #MicrosoftAITour in Bangkok as keynote speaker and spend time with customers and partners across Thailand. See you June 9!Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltHow do you move beyond 'implementing AI' to becoming a Frontier Firm? Join Ralph Haupter, EVP and CRO of Microsoft SME&C, as he shares how leaders are driving this next phase of transformation. At the #MicrosoftAITour in Bangkok, Ralph will share a framework for Frontier Transformation, explaining how this high-impact strategy blends AI-powered scale with human-led ambition. He'll also share his perspective on strategies defining the next generation of industry leaders. The future isn’t ahead of us. It’s being built right now. Be in the room to see what it takes. Secure your spot: http://msft.it/6043vRgxh #FrontierTransformation #MicrosoftASEAN
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltALS doesn’t wait. And neither can research. May is ALS Awareness Month. For the estimated 450,000 people living with ALS worldwide, time is everything. Progress toward treatment can’t move at yesterday’s pace. Organizations like ANSWER ALS are changing that. They're using AI to give researchers access to anonymized patient data and samples from one of the world’s largest ALS research hubs. Work that once took 12–18 months can now happen in weeks. This is AI doing what it should do: helping people move faster on what matters most.
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltOrganizations seeing the most impact from AI are making clear leadership decisions about how it gets adopted and used. The latest Microsoft Work Trend Index shows that culture, manager support, and talent practices drive 67% of AI impact. Only 32% comes down to individual mindset or behavior. For small and midsize businesses, those leadership choices scale quickly across the entire organization. What I’ve learned directly is this: when leaders use the technology themselves, know where it adds value, and share what works, adoption accelerates. We’ve made this a priority inside Microsoft. Teams across my organization are building and using agents to solve real business problems and redesign how work gets done. When one team finds a better way, it scales. That’s how AI moves from an initiative to something people rely on every day, and it starts with leaders setting the example. https://lnkd.in/dJ7s2adw
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltSmall businesses move economies forward. They create jobs, drive GDP, and serve our communities. Builders. Problem solvers. People willing to bet on an idea and carry the weight that comes with it. They are the hidden champions. The reality is their work has always been complex, demanding, and close to the edge of change. Now with AI, businesses of all sizes have access to enterprise-grade capabilities to grow and compete. I’m already seeing SMB leaders rethink customer engagement, operations, productivity, and decision-making in real time. And I believe the next wave of growth will be driven by them. If you’re a small business owner or leader in the United States or globally, thank you for what you’re building and the impact you create every day. I’m excited to see what you do next, powered by AI. #NationalSmallBusinessWeek #AITransformation
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltGreat to be in Zurich last week, spending time with customers, partners, and leaders. At the Microsoft AI Tour, leaders from across Switzerland came together focused on one thing: turning AI into business impact. The shift from experimentation to execution is accelerating. Swiss leaders are increasingly bullish, not because AI feels optional, but because the direction is set and the pressure to turn AI into advantage is real. These themes came through strongly in our SME&C CxO Connection. A smaller, focused group of Swiss business leaders having direct conversations about execution. What to prioritize. What to stop. And how to scale AI in a way that holds up inside their businesses over time. Another theme continuing to build across Switzerland and the EMEA region is digital sovereignty. Leaders are being deliberate about how and where AI runs, balancing speed with control and trust. That discipline is what allows it to scale with confidence. It was a privilege to close the AI Tour with Philippe Rogge and Monika Rühl and continue this conversation with such a strong group of leaders. Thank you to everyone who contributed to an impactful week in Zurich. We will keep building on this momentum with more conversations focused on what actually works. Because the question now is not what AI could do. It is what we choose to do with it. James Petter Michael Locher-Tjoa Melissa Mulholland Thomas Gittler Pascal Brunner-Nikolla Alexander Graf Mark Schwarz
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Ralph Haupter hat dies geteiltFinal prep with Philippe Rogge. Tomorrow at #MicrosoftAITourZurich, we’ll talk digital sovereignty and the real decisions Swiss business leaders face as AI moves from experimentation to execution.
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Ralph Haupter gefällt dasRalph Haupter gefällt dasThe romantic story of Oskar Speck. Who left Germany in 1932, in a folding kayak, not as a famous explorer, but as an unemployed electrical contractor looking for work. His original plan was much smaller than the legend that followed. He intended to paddle from Germany to Cyprus, where he hoped to find a job in the copper mines. But once he reached the Mediterranean, the journey kept pulling him farther east. Over the next seven years, Speck paddled through rivers, coastlines, storms, heat, hunger, and dangerous waters. He traveled through the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and finally toward Australia. By then, the world had changed around him. Germany had gone to war, and a lone German man arriving by kayak was no longer seen simply as an adventurer. He reached Australian territory in September 1939, just after World War II had begun. After one of the most unusual kayak journeys ever recorded, Speck was greeted, congratulated, and then arrested as an enemy alien because he was traveling on a German passport. He spent the war years in internment camps in Australia and was only released after the war ended. Instead of returning to Germany, he stayed in Australia, later working in the opal trade and building a new life there. His journey began as a search for work, but it turned into a seven-year accidental epic across half the world.
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Ralph Haupter gefällt dasRalph Haupter gefällt dasA leading-edge blade repair in just 38 minutes? Six blades in one working day? The future of blade repair is here. Robotic blade maintenance with Sparrow is a practical and scalable way of reducing downtime within offshore wind. Special shoutout to Hanly and ESVAGT A/S for great cooperation on ongoing projects in the field! 📧 sales.europe@clobotics.com #WeTakeCareOfYourBlades
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Ralph Haupter gefällt dasRalph Haupter gefällt dasThank you to everyone who joined us in Lucerne for SoftwareOne’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders. This was our first AGM following SoftwareOne’s combination with Crayon and an important opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made over the past year. Our focus has been on bringing together two strong companies into one global organization, while continuing to deliver for our customers, partners, vendors, employees, and shareholders. Together, we are uniquely positioned to help businesses navigate growing complexity across cloud, AI, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty. AI adoption is accelerating rapidly, increasing demand for cloud consumption, governance, optimization, and services. This plays directly to SoftwareOne’s strengths and reinforces the value we bring as a trusted advisor across the full IT lifecycle. We are building for the future with clarity, focus, and ambition, and I am excited for what comes next! 🎉 #WeAreOne
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Ralph Haupter gefällt dasRalph Haupter gefällt dasAI isn’t the future - it’s already happening. Join us at the Microsoft AI Tour in Bangkok to learn how to turn ambition into real outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from our keynote speakers, Ralph Haupter, EVP and CRO of SME&C, and Dhanawat Suthumpun, Managing Director ASEAN, as they share the framework for Frontier Transformation in 2026. Don't miss out. Register now: http://msft.it/6046vkNUn #MicrosoftAITour #MicrosoftASEAN
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